Attachment for fruit can or jar covers.



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GEORGE E. VOODBURY, OF CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR FRUIT CAN OR JAR COVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 704,421, dated July 8, 1902. Application tiled August l5, 1901. Serial No. 72,205. (No model.)

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Beit known that l, GEORGE E. WOODBUR'Y, a citizen of the United States,residing at Charlotte,in the county of Eatonand State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in AttachmentsV for Fruit Canor VJar. Covers, of which the following is'a4 specification.

This invention relates to anattachment for fruit can or jar covers; and the purpose "of the same is to provide a simple and eifective device for straightening the lower rim of a fruit can or jar cover when the latterbecomes bent or misshapen, to prevent the rubber gasket from slipping when the cover is being pressed tightly down, and thereby hold the said gasketin proper positionrelat-ively to the top edge of the neck of the can or jar, and to provide convenient means-for carrying and handling fruit jars or cans.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts which will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of the improved device shown applied to a jar or can top. spective view of the improvedattachment.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts inthe views.

Theimproved attachment comprises a band or ring l, having at diametrically opposite points pairs of lips 2 with outwardly-beveled lower edges 3. The lips 2 depend a suitable distance below the lower edge of the band or ring l, or their extent is sufficient to project slightly below the lower edge of the rim of the can-top when the attachment is applied to the latter in operative position. Rising from the upper portion of the band or ring at diametrically opposite points are arms 4, having their upper terminals secured to and embracing a grip or handle 5. One of the arms i is formed with an inturned angular lip 6, and the other has a boss 7 with a screwthreaded aperture therein and in the adjacent portion of the arm to receive a clampingscrew S. VThe edge contour of the lips 2 is that of a partial oval, so as to bring a comparatively small portion of the lower bevel edge 3 of each lip below the rim of the cantop when the attachment is fully applied.

Fig. 2 is a detail periV of the can or jar.

In arranging the improved attachment in connection with a can-top the clampingscrew 8 is-loosened or sufficiently withdrawn to allow the band or ring 1 to slip downwardly `over the top and occupy a position close to 4drawn closely against the upper portion of Vthe can or jar top by turning the screw 8 inwardly until the inner end of said screw is firmly pressed against the can-top at a point diametrically opposite and in substantially the same plane as the lip 6. In forcing the lips 2 downwardly over the lower edge of the rim of the jar or can topirregular bending or misshaping of the said top is rectified, and to cause said top to be perfectly shaped relatively to the upper edge of the neck of the jar or can the top as held by the attachment and with its lower edge guarded by the lips 2 is turned or rotated several times on the said upper edge of the can or jarneck. After the rim of the top is straightened and made to conform to the shape of the upper edge of the neck of the can or jar the said top is ready to apply, and the usual rubber or elastic packing ring or gasket is then disposed on the jar in the usual manner, and the top by means of the attachment is turned down over the can or jar neck, the lips 2 first contacting with and preventing the rubber or other ring or gasket from slipping when the cover is pressed tightly down over the neck After the top is applied the attachment is disconnected, to again be quickly applied when desired to unscrew the top or to serve as a convenient means for carrying the jar from one place to another. In some instances the attachment after use for straightening the top `may be detached from the latter and the top alone screwed down over the neck of the jar or can, the preliminary straightenin g operation disposing the lower edge of the rim of thetop so that it will uniformly contact with the rubber gasket 0r ring.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. An attachment for a jar or can top as set forth, comprising a lower encircling device with depending lips at diametrically opposite points having outwardly-beveled lower opposed li'ps depending below the same and edges, and means for securing the encircling device in immovable relation to the top of a can or jar.

2. An attachment of the class set forth havinga lower encircling device for the top of a can orjar provided with pairs of diametrical1y` formed with outwardly-beveled lower edges. 3. An attachment of the class set forth, comprising a. lower encircling band with pairs of diametrically disposed lips depending therefrom and having outwardly-beveledi 

